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Whenever the two messengers of reward and punishment appear, those who are targeted by them have almost no chance of survival.
The only difference is whether you die quickly or slowly.
Over the decades, the martial arts world of the Ming Dynasty has experienced three such catastrophes, without exception.
No matter how famous or powerful a person is, they are utterly helpless before the two envoys who reward good and punish evil.
Even super sects like Shaolin and Wudang have faced dire straits.
Therefore, whenever the catastrophe that occurs once every sixteen years approaches, the leaders of all sects are restless.
Some chose to flee, abandoning everything and living in anonymity;
Some chose to fight desperately, using the full strength of their faction to set up all sorts of traps;
Some people even deliberately crippled their martial arts skills and physical bodies in order to survive.
All of this is a secret among top experts, not something to be proud of, so naturally it won't be spread.
Now, Su Chen has revealed this secret to everyone.
Upon hearing this news, the top martial arts masters of the Ming Dynasty were all restless.
Because this news was just too shocking.
They had always thought they were the two messengers of Yama, the King of Hell, who rewarded good and punished evil, but they turned out to be legendary cultivators, and their cultivation had already reached the peak of the terrestrial immortal realm.
I never imagined that the island of heroes, whose very name sends shivers down your spine, would actually be such a wonderful place to cultivate immortality, and that frightening Laba porridge was actually a very rare elixir.
If Su Chen hadn't said it himself, they wouldn't have believed it.
After a brief silence, the entire hall erupted into a flurry of chatter, with everyone discussing the matter.
"The two envoys who reward good and punish evil are actually top-notch masters among the terrestrial immortals. No wonder no one in the martial arts world can defeat them."
“Every sixteen years, two envoys who reward good and punish evil will appear. This is a big secret, known only to a very few powerful forces.”
"I knew it. With their strength, they would definitely make it onto the top list."
Chapter 113 Questions
"No wonder the leaders of the major sects would suddenly disappear every now and then; it turns out they were invited to Xia Ke Island by the two envoys who reward good and punish evil."
"My God! Did I hear that right? Xia Ke Island is a place for cultivating immortality, and it even has a top-tier cultivation manual. Laba porridge is also a precious elixir. Could it be that the two envoys who reward good and punish evil really have no ill intentions?"
"Impossible! If they really didn't have bad intentions, why haven't any of the sect leaders they took away returned?"
"If someone else said this, I definitely wouldn't believe it, but it was said by the Celestial Immortal, so it shouldn't be wrong."
"I think there must be some secrets that the Celestial Immortal hasn't revealed yet."
It's in the ninth room on the east side of the fifteenth floor.
Song Yuanqiao stood up excitedly and said loudly, "The two envoys who reward good and punish evil are actually top experts among the terrestrial immortals. No wonder they are so arrogant!"
He was usually quite calm, but he hated the two messengers who rewarded good and punished evil with a vengeance.
Back then, the two envoys who rewarded good and punished evil fought their way all the way to the Golden Hall of Wudang, and no one could stop them.
In the end, the then Wudang Sect Leader, Master Yucha, was forced to accept the decree of rewarding good and punishing evil, thus escaping a calamity.
At that time, he was just a young Taoist novice, and he felt extremely ashamed, vowing to find the two messengers who reward good and punish evil.
Now that I've suddenly learned their true colors, I'm finding it hard to calm down.
Yin Liting pondered and said, "I heard from the Celestial Mystery Immortal that the two envoys who reward good and punish evil are not as terrible as the legends say. Perhaps there is another hidden story behind this?"
"The Celestial Immortal said that Xia Ke Island is a sacred place for cultivating immortality, and it also hides a top-level cultivation manual."
"Perhaps the two envoys who reward good and punish evil invited so many martial arts masters to the island because of this matter?" Yu Lianzhou tried to analyze.
A glint of interest flashed in Zhang Sanfeng's eyes, and he also seemed very interested.
He remained in seclusion for many years, missing the opportunity three times for the two messengers of reward and punishment to appear.
But he had always been dissatisfied with the behavior of these two and had long wanted to see for himself.
Now that I know they are cultivators and possess top-tier cultivation manuals, I'm even more curious.
It's in the fifth room on the south side of the fourteenth floor.
Fang Zheng and Fang Sheng exchanged a glance, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.
Two messengers, one to reward good and one to punish evil!
This name is practically a taboo for Shaolin.
Ordinary people might not know, but as the highest-ranking monks of Shaolin, they naturally knew.
More than forty years ago, the two messengers of reward and punishment came to Shaolin Temple in person, wanting to meet the then abbot of Shaolin Temple, Master Miaodi.
That was their first appearance; no one in the martial arts world knew their origins.
Master Miaodi was in retreat at the time, so the monks who were in charge of receiving guests refused them.
The two envoys, who were meant to reward good and punish evil, were not angry. They simply sat at the entrance of Shaolin Temple for seven days and seven nights.
Shaolin, as the leader of the righteous path, was blocked at the door!
Finally, having no other choice, Master Miaodi broke his seclusion and accepted the invitation to Xia Ke Island to drink Laba porridge, and then never returned.
Of course, this is only the official version of events.
As the abbot of Shaolin Temple, Fang Zheng knows more.
At that time, many eminent monks of Shaolin were furious about the actions of the two messengers who rewarded good and punished evil, and fought a great battle with them.
As a result, the two envoys who rewarded good and punished evil only sent one person, and the entire Shaolin Temple was utterly defeated.
If the abbot of Shaolin Temple simply obeyed the orders of the two messengers who reward good and punish evil, wouldn't that be too strange?
"Amitabha, I never expected that the two messengers of rewarding good and punishing evil would be so powerful."
"No wonder our Shaolin School, despite its best efforts, still couldn't defeat them back then."
Fang Zheng put his hands together and said with emotion.
Fang Sheng asked, "Today I finally know the true identities of the two envoys who reward good and punish evil. But since they are so obsessed with cultivating immortality, why do they still do these things?"
Fang Zheng also shook his head, equally unable to understand the problem.
Now that the sixteen-year term is almost up, he, as the abbot of Shaolin Temple, is undoubtedly the first to bear the brunt.
He had been worried about this for the past two years. Now, hearing how powerful the two envoys who reward good and punish evil were, and knowing that he couldn't stop them at all, he felt a sense of unease.
After hesitating for a long time, Fang Zheng finally made up his mind, got up, walked out of the room, and said loudly:
"Abbot Fang Zheng of the Shaolin School of the Great Ming Dynasty greets the Celestial Mystery Immortal."
"According to our Shaolin sect's records, the two messengers of reward and punishment appeared three times and took away hundreds of masters from the martial arts world."
"Some of these people are leaders of major sects, some are well-known heroes of the martial arts world, some are alone, and some have already started families and established careers."
"But after they went to Xia Ke Island, they never came back."
"I am willing to offer one hundred volumes of Shaolin manuals and five million taels of silver as a divination fee to seek guidance from the Celestial Mystery Immortal."
"Since Island Master Longmu is so obsessed with cultivating immortality, why did he invite so many top experts from the martial arts world to Xia Ke Island?"
"Did all those who were invited to Xia Ke Island meet with misfortune?"
"If they didn't suffer any misfortune, why didn't any of them come back?"
As soon as Fang Zheng finished speaking, the hall immediately fell silent.
Five million taels of silver is no small sum; even some wealthy merchants would find it difficult to afford.
But no one was surprised that Fangzheng could come up with such a large sum of money.
It is said that money is an external thing, but everyone also knows that every Buddhist organization is extremely wealthy.
In particular, the Shaolin Sect, as the leader of the righteous path in the Ming Dynasty, receives an astonishing amount of incense money every day, not to mention its countless lands and properties.
For the Shaolin sect, five million taels of silver, while not a small sum, was not enough to cripple them.
After hearing Fang Zheng's question, everyone's faces showed curiosity.
This has been a question that everyone has been asking for a long time.
As everyone knows, cultivators should be like Li Changsheng, the Kunlun Sword Immortal, who is unpredictable, free, and indifferent to worldly affairs.
If the Lord of Dragonwood Island is truly obsessed with cultivating immortality, why would he meddle in the affairs of the martial world?
What's even more puzzling is that,
Laba porridge is so precious, why would the Dragonwood Island Master offer it to so many martial arts masters for free?
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
No one could figure out what benefit the Dragonwood Island Master would gain from doing this.
Most importantly, everyone wants to know how those masters who were invited to Xia Ke Island are doing now.
If they are all dead, then needless to say, the Lord of Dragonwood Island must be a bad person.
If they didn't die, why didn't any of them come back?
If someone voluntarily stayed on Xia Ke Island, surely not a single one would have returned, or even left without a trace?
You should know that many of the top experts who were invited have happy families with wives, children and elderly parents. How could they just leave like that?
If these people are controlled by the Dragonwood Island Master and cannot leave, it also shows that the Dragonwood Island Master is not a good person.
If that were the case, it would be terrifying for the entire martial arts world of the Ming Dynasty.
Two top-tier cultivators among the mortal immortals with ulterior motives reaped rewards in the martial arts world every sixteen years. Who could withstand them?
Thinking of this, everyone involuntarily looked towards Baiyutai, waiting for Su Chen to reveal the answer.
On the white jade platform, Su Chen saw Fang Zheng ask a question, and a glint flashed in his eyes. He quickly brought up the system and aimed it at Fang Zheng.
The system responded shortly afterward:
"The fortune telling for Fangzheng was successful."